Center Creek Water & Irrigation Co. v. Thomas
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from the Fourth District Court, Wasatch County, Hon. W. N. Dusenberry, Judge. Action by plaintiff to restrain defendant from in any manner obstructing or interfering with the water of Center Creek. At the trial a decree was entered fixing defendant’s rights in tbe stream, awarding tbe balance to plaintiff, and restraining each party thenceforth from interesting with the other. From such decree plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBartoh, C. J.
The plaintiff is a corporation organized and existing by virtue of the laws of Utah, and is engaged in the business of managing, controlling, and distributing, among its stockholders owning land along the stream, the waters of Center Creek in Wasatch County. The defendant also owns land adjacent to the stream, and claims that more than twenty years ago his grantors and predecessors in interest diverted and appropriated sufficient of the water of the stream, during the high-water period, to irrigate about twenty acres, and that he and they each year since, during such period, used the same…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- McKay v. FarrUtah Supreme Court · 1897
- Vermillion v. NelsonIndiana Supreme Court · 1882
- McGgrath v. TallentUtah Supreme Court · 1891
3Cited by3 opinions
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